espiègle
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Eulenspiegel, based on the folklore character Till Eulenspiegel; from Middle Low German Ūlenspēgel.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]espiègle m (plural espiègles)
Adjective
[edit]espiègle (plural espiègles)
Derived terms
[edit]- espièglerie (“impish prank”)
References
[edit]- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
Further reading
[edit]- “espiègle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.